Binding System

Chapter 280  You Did It, Ace

Upon hearing her question, Ace held her hands and looked into her eyes. "I want to be with you forever."

He did not feel shy when he confessed to her because he did want to be with her forever.

Happiness glowed inside her.

Even though she knew she had a special place in his heart, but hearing it directly from his mouth made her happy.

Due to how happy she was, she even felt like her feet barely touched the ground.

"Do you want to be with me forever?" he inquired.

Evelyn squeezed his hands tighter and looked at him lovingly.

But before she could answer his question, Alena's voice rang out. "Big brother…"

Evelyn and Ace instantly turned their heads toward the source of the sound.

'Alena?'

A soft smile spread across their faces when they saw her running toward them with a big smile on her cute face.

"Alena, don't run. It's dangerous." Lexie, who was behind her niece, spoke.

After she was close to him, Alena immediately sat on his lap. "Big brother, what are you doing?"

"We are only talking." Ace was not angry when Alena disturbed their time because Alena was still twelve years old and could not read the atmosphere.

When Lexie noticed Evelyn, she uttered, "Sorry for disturbing your time, guys. My nieces kept saying she wanted to play with Ace."

"It's fine." Like Ace, Evelyn was not angry either.

Ace immediately looked at Alena after hearing Lexie's words. "Hm? You want to play with big brother?"

"Yes." Alena nodded her head cutely. "Big brother did not play with me this morning and afternoon, so I want to play with big brother now."

"Sure. Let's play together." Ace uttered.

Shortly after that, they had dinner together.

Like when they were in the forest, they sat on a log and in front of a huge bonfire.

They were thrilled at that time because they ate together with the citizens. That night became one of the best nights of their lives.

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The following morning, Evelyn strolled around Nightshire City after waking up. She was alone this time because Ace had business with his underlings.

"They said they made a statue of him. I want to see it." she could not see his statue yesterday because it was already sunset when they returned.

'Where is the location of his statue?'

She decided to ask the locals because she could not find it.

"Go to the west for two hundred meters. Go to the west for two hundred meters." She walked as she repeated the same words over and over again.

After arriving at Times Square, she saw Ace's statue.

'This statue looks exactly like him.'

She was currently standing in front of Ace's statue.

'I suddenly want to see what he did in the war.'

She had magic where she could see someone's memories.

However, she did not use that magic on the citizens because that magic had side effects.

Pain!

The targets would feel pain when she read their memories.

The longer she looked at their memories, the more pain her targets would feel.

That was why she did not try to read the citizens' memories because she did not want them to feel pain.

'You did it, Ace.'

She suddenly remembered his goals.

When they stayed in Maniacal Shrub Inn several months ago, Ace told her that he would become the strongest person in Nightshire City.

He also said he would change his nickname.

Even though she had no idea whether he was already the strongest awakener in his city or not, he had managed to change his nickname.

Usually, the citizens called him a boy toy, but now, they always called him a hero.

It was as if they had forgotten his previous nickname because they never called him boy toy anymore now.

Her face blossomed into a smile as she looked at Ace's statue.

She was thrilled because Ace had achieved one of his goals.

As she was smiling at his statue, Ace slowly descended from the sky. "Here you are."

Evelyn turned her head to the left. "Ace?"

"Hmm? Did you come to this place to see my statue?" Ace inquired.

"Yes." She gave an honest answer. "You did it, Ace. Everyone calls you a hero now."

Ace stood in front of her before finally holding her hands. "I always keep my word. I said I would change my nickname and become the strongest person in this city. I have achieved my goals now."

Evelyn nodded as she smiled.

She was happy for him because he could achieve his goals.

"In the past, I also promised to be a strong awakener and protect you." Ace spoke and paused for a second before he continued, "I've broken through to the Grandmaster rank. I can protect you now."

"Ace, how could you go from Novice rank to Grandmaster rank in less than a year?" actually, she wanted to ask this question since yesterday.

When they were in the forest last time, he almost died from a 3-star tiger. But now, he could kill a 3-star magical beast easily.

He even could kill two 3-star magical beasts in less than a minute. That was why curiosity arose within her.

"Maybe heaven wants me to protect you forever." Ace joked around.

Evelyn only smiled when he did not give an honest answer.

She knew Ace was an Aeris, so she could not compare him with ordinary awakeners because he was loved by the heavens.

"What is your goal now?" she asked curiously.

"I want to be the Ruler." He did not forget his dream.

'I know you can do it.'

He had experienced a speck of his grandpa's power, and it made his desire to be the Ruler grow bigger.

"I hope you can achieve your goal again." She did not make fun of him.

Ace went from Novice rank to Grandmaster rank in less than a year, and he was also an Aeris, so she believed there was a possibility of him achieving his dream.

"Thank you." He smiled as he said.

Shortly after that, they strolled around the city.

Evelyn was shocked when she saw citizens throwing stones at Henry and his subordinates.

She did not know what was going on, so she was curious as to why they tortured Henry like that.

"They betrayed us." Ace began explaining everything.

After hearing his explanation, Evelyn uttered, "So, they are bad people, huh?"

"Well, I can't judge them." Ace wanted to say Henry and the others were bad people, but he also was not sure that he was a good person.

"Then can I read his memories?" Evelyn inquired.

"You want to read his memories? Why?" he was startled by her request.

"I want to see the war between you and the magical beasts." Evelyn gave an honest answer. "I want to see what you did in the war."

"Why don't you use your magic on me?" he threw another question at her.

"You will feel pain when I read your memories, so I only use this magic on bad people." She told him the reason why she did not want to use her magic on him.

"Then let me ask them to stop throwing stones at Henry." after saying that, Ace asked the citizens to stop throwing stones at Henry and his subordinates.

The citizens agreed instantly.

After that, Ace looked at Evelyn and said, "You can read his memories now."